Once I was lost now I am found, once was blind to the written word, now I read.

Sunday, October 10, 2010

Tools of the 21st Century, post to http://lincs.ed.gov

Dear Advocates:

Our report card in Schools could be graded by the size of the juvenile detention population.

Take the software programs which were mentioned in the discussion string titled "tools in the 21st Century" which states:

We live today with text to speech software most of which is free, note taking tools like mind spring and Xmind, and then there are great programs such as Bookshare.org which is one gateway to learning.

Complex thinking is my gift, I think in pictures, we are all built differently, we all can learn differently, although our educational system does not teach efficiency.

Today, text to speech is best to be in all schools and libraries. Note taking tools available and accepted in all class rooms, virtual textbooks which Bookshare.org creates with Read:OutLoud would make deeper learning thru data mining an ease. (At Youtube, type "2010 Manatee County School Board demo" and view "Bradenton.com and Readplease)

We live in a world which is accelerating technologically but tools are not being share or utilized to advance education as quickly as it should.

At my bio ( www.manateediagnostic.com/davisgraham.aspx ) you can hear what it is like to struggle, yet succeed and at my blog ( www.mygiftofdyslexia.blogspot.com ) which I contribute to there are a few of the many tools which are available to enable those who struggle to find their feet with the "Gift of Dyslexia".

About Me

The path to my salvation is a daily walk, because while living in the World it is easy to pick the path of the World which is focused on feeding our earthly desires. When Jesus Christ of the Bible showed what I looked like and how I was living in the world, it was then when I saw myself as Jesus saw me and I was convicted of my sin. Empty with nothing left to depend upon I turned to Jesus and asked Him to help me, saying, I give up, I can’t go on. Knowing Jesus died for my sin, He asked me to change not for anyone but Him. So I took steps to change and with each day I grow closer to Jesus. Jesus has given me a new relationship with Him a new plan to obey Him and serve Him and the new power of the Holy Spirit to serve Him thru His guidance.” After Conversion, “Jesus gave me freedom from my sin thru His death on the cross. He died for my sin and yours and to today I have a relationship, which I work on each day by reading His love letters to me and I will do all not to blemish our relationship.”